The same thing though could be said about LA or at times almost any city. The problem though is that few seem to see any value in preserving in the first place. The Astrodome is the perfect example of this. When it was built it was truly thought of along the lines of the Eighth Wonder of the World and not as something to be discarded in a few decades. Yet we see what has happened now. You're arguing for building for the ages yet you have a structure that was meant to be for the ages that you are willing to see torn down. My point is that historical and architectural value isn't based on passing revenue streams but is based on significance of the structure. If it was just based on revenue stream The Colosseum would've been torn down, it was abandoned for centuries and just left to rot.
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Christie's Seafood House, the original Ninfa's, and Bering Hardware. Many of the posts in this thread sadden me. Anyone remember/familiar with NYC and how it dealt with the old Penn Station or proposed Grand Central modification? Great architectural cities like Paris, Valleta, London, and Jerusalem are that way because of their heritage being preserving. I was quite upset at the demolition of the Shamrock and Ben Milam hotel along with the Imperial Sugar factory.
If it was built "for the ages", it would have been renovated, not replaced. Sports stadiums (lets not kid ourselves, that is what the Dome is) are typically not "for the ages", they are basically pieces of technology. They are not usually culturally significant, they are very rarely art. Their life is based around function and purpose. When those things are removed or outlived, they almost always go bye bye. Perhaps if Houstonians had kept their sports teams playing in the Astrodome, we wouldn't be having this conversation, but this is the reality of the situation. I don't want to see it torn down. I have voiced many times what I want it to retire as. However, if I have to choose between tearing it down and putting up that stupid wasteful convention center, then hand me the detonator. And I swear to god, if another person compares the Roman Coliseum to the Dome I am going to puke my freaking brains out of my anus.
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There are plenty of building worth protecting. Many of which are already protected. Just no single landmark to serve as the quintessential Houston icon many want to Astrodome to be. There are a number of historic hotels like Hotel Icon, Texas State Hotel building, Rice Hotel, and Sweeney, Coombs, & Fredericks worth preserving. The Humble Building, Christ Church Cathedral, Rockefeller Hall, the Orange Show, Antioch Missionary Church, the Stuart & Sterne buildings, and William L. Thaxton Jr. House are others off the top of my head. Also, a number of monuments like the Waterwall, Rothko Chapel, The Menil Collection, etc.
There is, but it's all the new and/or functional stuff, so it won't be torn down anyways. I can't think of anything more emblematic of Houston than its skyscrapers, downtown performance halls and Rice University.
^I know folks that grew up in Houston and consider the Dallas skyline to be superior because "they light it up for Christmas" I nearly cried
